Wreck: Bay of panama (Sailing vessel)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Bay of panama, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 4.753 N,5 4.595 W (50.079217, -5.076583)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.

 

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Shipwreck details

Name: BAY OF PANAMA

Length 89.6 meter, width: 12.9 meter, draught: 7.4, tonnage 2282 ton
Load: natural fibres and materials in general: unprocessed and products

Cause: built 1883 by harland & wolff, belfast. one of the largest sv of her day. owned at the time of loss by j. bulloch. passage calcutta for dundee. was driven onto rocks in what was reputed to be the worst blizzard in the west country for 200 years. stranded close into cliffs s of nare point, broadside onto the sea. 12 persons saved out of 40. (dods & cornish shipwrecks & sibi).

Year of registration: 1891

Water depth above wreck: 0 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1891, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: H1282/77/116 4.5.77 LOST AT NARE POINT. (P R JONES, 25.2.77). POSN 500439N, 050430W FOR FILING ONLY. 1.4.82 KELP-COVERED STEEL PLATES & RIBS, STANDING 0.5MTR HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 7MTRS, LIE ABOUT 25MTRS FROM ROCKY COASTLINE IN PA 500430N, 050436W [OGB]. (BSAC WK REG, VOL II). NCA. 19.2.13 [WGD] POSN: 5004.686N, 0504.562W. 20.1.14 LOCATED 26.12.14 IN 5004.753N, 0504.595W [WGD]. ONLY PART OF THE BOW STICKS OUT FROM THE SAND. (M MILBURN, ATLANTIC SCUBA, EMAIL DTD 26.12.13). INS AS FOUL.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 4.753 N,5 4.595 W

 

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